“Sunday Supper” with Ariel Levy

On a recent Sunday afternoon, we drove from Brooklyn to the tip of Long Island, and then ferried across the Peconic River, to Shelter Island. There we joined Ariel Levy, a staff writer, and her old friend Matt Hyams as they prepared dinner for Ariel’s neighbors, Simon Doonan and Jonathan Adler. Waves lapped at the dock and a couple of cats slept in corners as Ari and Matt baked a pumpkin pie, prepared a kale-and-minestra soup, and roasted pine nuts for an arugula salad. Hours passed; the guests arrived; wine was opened; the sun set. The table discussed changing notions of gender identity and how to live an artistic life. There were no leftovers.